One of the biggest horror hits of the year is finally winding down at the box office.Smile 2beganstreaming on Paramount+ earlier this week, and although theNaomi Scott-led horror film is still playing in select theaters, it won’t be for much longer. After earning less than $500,000 this past weekend and steadily dropping more by the day,Smile 2has effectively ended its theatrical run before the film officially leaves theaters within the next week or two. While the film can still be considered a major box office success, earning $137 million on a budget of less than $30 million, it will finish its run just short of two box office milestones.Smile 2will fall less than $2 million shy of reaching $70 million domestically and internationally, currently standing at $68.8 million in both markets.
Smile 2also carved its name on several impressive box office lists during its theatrical run, including falling just short of becoming one of the top five highest-grossing movies ever based on a short film.Smile 2finished in the #6 spot for the category, passingLights Out(2016) but failing to out-earnMama(2013). Smile 2 also narrowly missed out on becoming one of the top 25 highest-grossing movies of the year at the domestic box office, a title it held briefly before the recent releases ofMoana 2,Gladiator 2, andWicked, which have all passed it in the last two weeks. Smile 2 lands in the #26 spot, just ahead ofJason Statham’sBeekeeperbut more than $10 million short ofRed Oneat #24, the Christmas action film starringDwayne JohnsonandChris Evans.
Who Stars in ‘Smile 2’?
Naomi Scott features in the lead role ofSmile 2, and while horror films are perhaps not treated favorably by the Academy, her performance has still garnered universal acclaim that has people calling for her to be nominated for an Oscar. Starring alongside Scott isRosemarie DeWitt, who is best known for her role inPoltergeist(2015) and she also recently starred as Hughie’s mom inThe Boys.Lukas Gage,Miles Gutierrez-Riley,Peter Jacobson, andRaúl Castilloalso star inSmile 2in supporting roles.
Smile 2is only playing in a few theaters around the world but began streaming this week. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and watchSmile 2onParamount+.
Smile 2 is the sequel to the 2022 psychological horror film by director Parker Finn that centers on a therapist who witnesses a patient’s suicide, leading to a series of terrifying supernatural events. The sequel will see the return of Finn as director, with Paramount continuing distribution.
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